Well.....not all things are heading in the right direction in Aces Land. The women got hammered by Valpo 93-49. Yes, they damn near doubled up on us. I feel bad for the girls, who I am sure are playing their hearts out. Two years of getting drubbed game in and out clearly points to the inabilities ...

There are just some games that you aren't going to win, and this was one of them. The Aces just ran into a team that is better than they are. The Aces were really a step slow on offense, and defense. They didn't hit enough 3's to open up the Birds defense, and allow the Aces to get anything going on...

If you look at the game notes on gopurpleaces.com under the quick facts section, the capacity is stated as 8930. I didn't know this was on the website. It's likely the closest number and excludes the suites. https://gopurpleaces.com/documents/2019/1/18//011919_mbbnotes_ilst.pdf?id=6316 What a treme...

I was thinking about this when I was chatting with ChiTownAce last week, but didn't want to bring up and be accused of being the jinx if the season turned south! As far as the "N" tournaments, the regular season winner is guaranteed a spot in the NIT. If that winner then wins Arch Madness...